Worst bodge you have seen
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Have we had this yet?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQJg2fCORE
I'm not entirely sure if this is done for a laugh or if they really are that inept that this was the best way they could think of to flush the engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsQJg2fCORE
I'm not entirely sure if this is done for a laugh or if they really are that inept that this was the best way they could think of to flush the engine.
More the worst I've done than the worst I've seen.
Once I snapped the "A" throttle cable on my bike, I figured I could transfer the "B" (return) cable across on the carbs and have a throttle that worked in reverse to get me home.
It's great in theory but *all* my muscle memory and instincts were wrong, I made it home but it was a very close call as I nearly wheelied into a slowing car as instead of backing off I opened the throttle wide! Only quickly pulling in the clutch while it revved it's t*ts off saved me.
In hindsight as I had breakdown cover I should have just called them out.
Once I snapped the "A" throttle cable on my bike, I figured I could transfer the "B" (return) cable across on the carbs and have a throttle that worked in reverse to get me home.
It's great in theory but *all* my muscle memory and instincts were wrong, I made it home but it was a very close call as I nearly wheelied into a slowing car as instead of backing off I opened the throttle wide! Only quickly pulling in the clutch while it revved it's t*ts off saved me.
In hindsight as I had breakdown cover I should have just called them out.
Fastdruid's inititive reminds me of some Battle Damage Repair I was taught...
Using twigs as spark plug leads was one that amazed me.
The well known one is if you lose the wheel nuts, use one from each of the other wheels.
Using a jerrycan on the roof with a feed straight into the carb if the fuel pump fails.
I'm working on a "bodge" to clean-up the discs on my 330. I'll upload a video when it's finished. I expect a call from the HSE
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Using twigs as spark plug leads was one that amazed me.
The well known one is if you lose the wheel nuts, use one from each of the other wheels.
Using a jerrycan on the roof with a feed straight into the carb if the fuel pump fails.
I'm working on a "bodge" to clean-up the discs on my 330. I'll upload a video when it's finished. I expect a call from the HSE
.gazza285 said:
The Turbo Daily was a whole league ahead of the LDV! As for the non turbo Pug lump, they might have been slow, but at least they were unreliable as well, the rad would fur up, the engine gets a little warm (not boiling or anything) and the back liner would drop into the crankcase. Sticking nearside calipers was another favorite, as were collapsing dashboards and sheared bell-housing bolts. Bigger than a Transit though.
Best bodge though was my mate's Mk1 Escort. The rear spring hanger fell off one day, so we wedged in a plastic gallon can between the axle and the body.
Absolutely! The Daily felt decades ahead of the LDV (I suppose it was, in fairness.) They started going wrong quickly though. Best bodge though was my mate's Mk1 Escort. The rear spring hanger fell off one day, so we wedged in a plastic gallon can between the axle and the body.
Edited by gazza285 on Wednesday 22 October 20:09
RobinBanks said:
gazza285 said:
The Turbo Daily was a whole league ahead of the LDV! As for the non turbo Pug lump, they might have been slow, but at least they were unreliable as well, the rad would fur up, the engine gets a little warm (not boiling or anything) and the back liner would drop into the crankcase. Sticking nearside calipers was another favorite, as were collapsing dashboards and sheared bell-housing bolts. Bigger than a Transit though.
Best bodge though was my mate's Mk1 Escort. The rear spring hanger fell off one day, so we wedged in a plastic gallon can between the axle and the body.
Absolutely! The Daily felt decades ahead of the LDV (I suppose it was, in fairness.) They started going wrong quickly though. Best bodge though was my mate's Mk1 Escort. The rear spring hanger fell off one day, so we wedged in a plastic gallon can between the axle and the body.
Edited by gazza285 on Wednesday 22 October 20:09
My first car - a 1964 Vitesse. When I bought it it was running on 4 cylinders - not ideal for an I6! We took off the manifolds, rocker shaft, head nuts etc, but no way would the head come off.
We then jacked the car up, attached chains to the head and to the roof beam in the garage, and dropped the car off the jack.
The head came off...
The head gasket was blown between no 4 and 5 cylinders and had obviously been so for some time as the head was burnt away at that point to a depth of 2mm. We cleaned the burnt area up, drilled a hole into the head, screwed a bolt in and surrounded the bolt with Araldite.
After leaving it overnight we ground it flush, decoked the head and reassembled it with a new gasket. It ran perfectly for years after that!
That was a good bodge. I'm not so proud of my floor repairs which were done with cut up Duckhams Q tins, pop rivets and loads of underseal.
We then jacked the car up, attached chains to the head and to the roof beam in the garage, and dropped the car off the jack.
The head came off...
The head gasket was blown between no 4 and 5 cylinders and had obviously been so for some time as the head was burnt away at that point to a depth of 2mm. We cleaned the burnt area up, drilled a hole into the head, screwed a bolt in and surrounded the bolt with Araldite.
After leaving it overnight we ground it flush, decoked the head and reassembled it with a new gasket. It ran perfectly for years after that!
That was a good bodge. I'm not so proud of my floor repairs which were done with cut up Duckhams Q tins, pop rivets and loads of underseal.
David A said:
pingu393 said:
I'm working on a "bodge" to clean-up the discs on my 330. I'll upload a video when it's finished. I expect a call from the HSE .
Spinning plus angle grinder?.Car on axle stand, wheel off, in gear and running, cleaning disc with file?
.Morningside said:
I know someone who fitted a light in his garage and wired it up using bell wire, CB coax and joined using cellotape! When I told him of my horror. All I got was "it's all wire innit".
I got called in to deal with one of my mates electrical mashups. He and another pal who was helping him with some kitchen alterations decided they wanted to disconnect on of the lights in the kitchen. Instead of tracing the cables back to a junction box, they lifted the floorboards in the bedroom above and (thankfully having turned the power off), cut through wires and restored power until they found the one they needed. They then joined the cables that needed reconnecting (including 30 amp ring main) using 3amp male/female connectors for extending table lamp leads.
His wife thought this may be wrong and suggested I had a look at it.
And this is why we wound up with part P.
A few I've seen
Bay window camper van sold as a abandoned project. They must have run out of newspaper or something. The windscreen surround was made of it, the sills, the rear corners, the front corners, the door bottoms, everything. Where more structural strength was required there were loose sheets of aluminium embedded in their paper mache creations.
Worst one that happened to one of mine was courtesy of a vauxhall main dealer. Need to do some welding to the inside of a strut tower? dont bother taking out the interior around it... is that smoke I see? ooh that wiring looks a bit scorched.. still, a bit of electrical tape round it and hope its far away from here when the electrics fail (it was).
Bay window camper van sold as a abandoned project. They must have run out of newspaper or something. The windscreen surround was made of it, the sills, the rear corners, the front corners, the door bottoms, everything. Where more structural strength was required there were loose sheets of aluminium embedded in their paper mache creations.
Worst one that happened to one of mine was courtesy of a vauxhall main dealer. Need to do some welding to the inside of a strut tower? dont bother taking out the interior around it... is that smoke I see? ooh that wiring looks a bit scorched.. still, a bit of electrical tape round it and hope its far away from here when the electrics fail (it was).
V8forweekends said:
Morningside said:
I know someone who fitted a light in his garage and wired it up using bell wire, CB coax and joined using cellotape! When I told him of my horror. All I got was "it's all wire innit".
I got called in to deal with one of my mates electrical mashups. He and another pal who was helping him with some kitchen alterations decided they wanted to disconnect on of the lights in the kitchen. Instead of tracing the cables back to a junction box, they lifted the floorboards in the bedroom above and (thankfully having turned the power off), cut through wires and restored power until they found the one they needed. They then joined the cables that needed reconnecting (including 30 amp ring main) using 3amp male/female connectors for extending table lamp leads.
His wife thought this may be wrong and suggested I had a look at it.
And this is why we wound up with part P.
Like when the floorboards were cut previously (presumably to install central heating) several mains cables were sliced (but not enough to stop them working - just bare the insulation) - I stumbled across this years later, when I lifted the floor boards to plumb in a new bathroom.
Then there was the cable running from the house to the garage and beyond to a greenhouse, all poorly wired up with lack of insulation and thought to safety.
I've owned the house for 17 years and to this day I'm still finding bodges.
Amazing.
V8forweekends said:
Morningside said:
I know someone who fitted a light in his garage and wired it up using bell wire, CB coax and joined using cellotape! When I told him of my horror. All I got was "it's all wire innit".
I got called in to deal with one of my mates electrical mashups. He and another pal who was helping him with some kitchen alterations decided they wanted to disconnect on of the lights in the kitchen. Instead of tracing the cables back to a junction box, they lifted the floorboards in the bedroom above and (thankfully having turned the power off), cut through wires and restored power until they found the one they needed. They then joined the cables that needed reconnecting (including 30 amp ring main) using 3amp male/female connectors for extending table lamp leads.
His wife thought this may be wrong and suggested I had a look at it.
And this is why we wound up with part P.
shouldbworking said:
Worst one that happened to one of mine was courtesy of a vauxhall main dealer. Need to do some welding to the inside of a strut tower? dont bother taking out the interior around it... is that smoke I see? ooh that wiring looks a bit scorched.. still, a bit of electrical tape round it and hope its far away from here when the electrics fail (it was).
A main dealer had a welder? Blimey. A mate's small garage used to do all the welding-required jobs for the local Audi dealer. Everything from sorting a common problem on S3 (IIRC) downpipes to making up window grilles for their workshop. They neither had the kit nor anybody owning up to knowing what to do with it.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff